28 Oct 2021
R v MCFARLANE [2021] NZHC 2943
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2943
- Court
- High Court
Court adopted a 22 month starting point as fitting the less to moderately serious range for sustained, deliberate false statements to police that misdirected an investigation and caused another to be charged; allowed a nine month reduction (approx 40%) for lengthy restrictive bail and one month custody reducing the adjusted starting point to 13 months and, applying the least restrictive appropriate sentence and acknowledging time already served under restrictive conditions, imposed a non-custodial sentence of 12 months supervision with 150 hours community work and a special condition to atten…